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FREE TEXTURES

When I started out in photography I knew that I wanted a gritty feeling for my pictures, so I searched Flickr for free textures. I found them quickly and easily, each accompanied by a note saying “Free for use” and “Enjoy”. Ever since I experienced that kind of generosity I wanted to pay it forward, so each time I shoot a new texture pack I like to release them.

They are split into several downloads based on where they were photographed. All in all this is over 150 textures – I really hope that you enjoy them!

Stacy Godfrey-Thank you so much for sharing these Brook! You are an amazing person, and really like the redesign of your website. Can’t wait to see more of what you do in the future. God Bless!ReplyCancel

May 21, 2015 - 4:28 am

Hayley-Thank you kindly for sharing and promoting your passion for others to be inspired and motivated by.

Jillian Merlot -Thanks so much for sharing your textures.
I have been only able to download three folders…Home, Hearst Castle and White Hill Mansion.
The remaining folders I can’t seem to access. Am I not clicking in the right place?
All the bestReplyCancel

June 22, 2015 - 3:58 pm

Voder -Seems to me the links on the rest are missed or messedReplyCancel

Crackle-Hey Brooke, Miss you!! Love love love this passion site of yours I just wanted to thank you for you!! And for sharing all that you do… Big hug, Hope we crossed paths again soon.
CrackleReplyCancel

July 8, 2015 - 7:07 pm

Emily + David | Water for Elephants |-[…] spent weeks researching composite photoshop techniques, downloading free film textures (shout out to Brooke Shaden!), even going so far as to research the specific species of elephant featured in the film (which if […]ReplyCancel

Tricia Floyd-Thank you Brooke for these wonderful textures! You are such an inspiration to us all (especially to us fibromites!). Your talent is beyond compare, and thank you so much for sharing it!ReplyCancel

Irene Blanco Gavela -Thank you so much for your generosity, the textures are great and you are helping to amateur photographers like me to start. I love this world and it is beautiful to see that not everybody is thinking on themselves, and can also share….
It is important not to forget the origins
Thank you again your work is so fantastic.
i wish to attend your workshop in Madrid, it would be a dream…
Happy day!
IreneReplyCancel

April 22, 2016 - 5:35 am

June -Thank you for the free downloads… your work is amazingReplyCancel

Monica Melgar -Thank you so much Brooke for the wonderful textures and tutorial. I am very touched by your kind spirit and your generosity, not to mention what an unbelievable artist you are. You’ve got yourself a new subscriber!ReplyCancel

Linda Harding-Thank You for all you do! Your kindness and inspiration is contagious! Your photography is continuously amazing! I love your white wall Wednesday! Just a thank you for sharing yourself and your art. I am learning from you! Keep on creating amazing stuff!ReplyCancel

Damali Conceptuals-Thank you very much for sharing your textures, I literally downloaded all of them. I love working with textures so this was like an early Christmas for me. I also enjoyed your video. I never really thought about using black and white textures the way you do. I especially loved how you added tint to the textures using curves. It was very knowledgeable and I learned a lot of new techniques that I look forward to executing.

Su Hall -Excellent tutorial! I thought I had tried about everything with textures! LOL That is the beauty of Photoshop. Someone else has found another way to do something. Oh, how my use of the program has changed in the past 13 years!

J.D. Small-This was the best texture tutorial I have ever seen. I have watched tutorials, downloaded textures watched more tutorials and downloaded more textures and never know what to do or when to do it. Your tutorial was excellent and I now have a much better feeling what when to use them and what to use them for. Thank you! Thank you!ReplyCancel

March 20, 2017 - 4:27 am

Cornelia Brandwijk -Thank you so much for sharing and the tutorial Brooke. I love your work!ReplyCancel

April 23, 2017 - 8:52 pm

Donna Venables -Hi Brooke, Thanks for the textures, i will share mine too. I have no words that would illustrate adequately how i feel about finding you and your work.. Love Donna V.ReplyCancel

Kenny Howerton-I’m glad I’m not the only one that runs around shooting textures. People usually think I’m crazy…lol.ReplyCancel

August 25, 2017 - 1:19 am

Argu Sagturk -Hi Brooke,
thank you for your kind sprit and your being and the way you choose to live.
You are one of the finest photographers that i know.
More importantly you are one of the finest beings, living, radiating and sharing love all around you, thus sharing again that there are ways to live a honest , passiaonate, lovefull life for everyone possible to live.
By sharing in these ways you also heal and show how to heal the world and our lifes around us.
Thank you for your being again.
You are an angel. ;o)ReplyCancel

September 20, 2017 - 1:28 pm

Ashanti Coverdale -Brooke,

I just heard about you today on a Phlearn tutorial. I am so excited that fate led me to hearing about you and your art. Thank you for sharing your light, art, and kindness with others. It’s so wonderful to see a successful person add such beauty back into the world. Thank you for the free textures and be blessed!ReplyCancel

September 26, 2017 - 6:34 am

Nina-Thank you, Brooke, for tutorial and texture downloads. You are SUCH an inspiration. I have purchased your Creative Live courses, even though I am far off your creative imagination and enjoy your brilliant teaching so much. Go Brooke!!ReplyCancel

October 4, 2017 - 11:49 am

Jenny Sarabia -Thank you! Really appreciate the texture lesson and the free textures. Your work is beyond amazing and your heart seems to be golden. Thank you! You are inspiring!ReplyCancel

October 8, 2017 - 3:49 pm

Coffee is Life-[…] big thank you to my photographer friend Lelia for the amazing mug and a big thank you to Brooke Shaden for graciously sharing some free textures on her website! Please follow […]ReplyCancel

john -How do I d/l the free texture w/o getting website is already on record?ReplyCancel

June 4, 2018 - 7:44 am

Julie Oshiyama -Thank you so much for sharing your textures with us. Such a gift of generosity!ReplyCancel

July 9, 2018 - 3:15 pm

Sarah T -Brook, I just want to thank you. You give so much, and help so many people in their creative endeavors. I find this kind of generosity rare and precious today. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge so expertly and freely!ReplyCancel

well, where to start?! I’m an artist/photographer from Montreal ,Quebec, so I apologize in advance for my language mistakes! I do selfportraits aswell. A bit because of you an a bit because of who I am. In fact, when I discovered you about 2 or 3 years ago, I’ve got the kick in the ass I needed to make the pictures I wanted to make and the best model I found was myself! I don’t have anything interesting to tell you really, I just wanted to say Hello and that you are a huge inspiration to me , I love your work and it touches me, the words, the images, the person you are. I’ve watched all of your videos and loved all of your art pieces. Anyway , I just want to say thank you , for being who you are , making the art you make and sharing all that you share!

Sylvie Brine Boone -Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful textures with us Brooke! You are an amazing person with a genius body of work, you inspire me each and every day. Thank you.ReplyCancel

Do you have any downloads on your backgrounds i.e landscapes,sky, terrain that you use? If so can you point me in the right direction. The muted, “impressionistic” feel is what I have been searching for.

Lloyd -Thanks Brooke for sharing the textures. I only discovered you this weekend and found your videos very informative. I really love your passion it has given me an extra creative boost something I needed. I really enjoyed your Finding Inspiration video. That has been by biggest problem. Oh by the way I have just ordered your book from Amazon. Best regardsReplyCancel

June 30, 2019 - 3:19 pm

Debbie -Thankyou! I just discovered your work on Creative live and am now a fan forever. Beginning to dabble in composite fine art photography…well studying for inspiration and courage. I am a portrait photographer and excited to challenge myself in this new way. Thankyou for being you.ReplyCancel

July 31, 2019 - 8:09 am

Sheryl -Thanks for making all these textures available – and for free. They’re gorgeous!ReplyCancel

August 24, 2019 - 6:01 pm

Jim Gorum -Thank You for sharing, look forward to watching more, very informative and nice to follow.ReplyCancel

December 17, 2019 - 12:45 pm

Moon_harpy -Thank you for being such a wonderful soul and one of a kind inspiration. I have learned so much from you throughout the years of watching your personal videos on youtube and also some of the conferences and talks you were giving talks on.

Also Im planing to make some of my very own free resources for photographers in the future as I believe us photographers always have to make sure we grow the community with us along our journeys so its great to see such a big name in photography world always giving back to the little photographers out there.

Veronica-Hi Brooke!
I write to you while I download your textures!
Thanks a lot!
Thanks for the book you sent me … I am translating it because although I understand English … it would be better if I did it in Spanish …
Here the google translator is helping me …
I love your work, although it has nothing to do with what I do … I love learning from who just does something so different … that’s how I get inspired and believe without copying anyone … I still look for my identity in photography I still have a long way to go .. but finding people like you, so generous they help to continue not to decay … I am the same .. I have taken more free photos than charging
and I think that everything you give comes back! that’s why I love to give, whenever I give to another I feel how it does me good
and from what I see you are the same!
I wish you all the best! That you continue having all the success in the world and inspiration, you deserve it! and so it will be! Just for being like you are!
Kisses
Veronica from AargentinaReplyCancel

April 18, 2020 - 1:13 pm

Lydia Herrera -You’re an amazing artist and I see your work everyday! It’s so generous from you and I appreciate such a gesture, what I can promise is to create from heart with them. Thank you so much from the deep of my soul!!!ReplyCancel